Commode



(No Model.)

C. G. MANN.

GOMMODB. No. 571,620. Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

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v OORA G. MANN, OF BROOKLYN, NFV YORK.

COMMODE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 571,620, dated November17, 1896. Application filed April 10,1896. Serial No. 586,985. (Nomodel.)

.To @ZZ whoml it muy concern:

Be it known that I, OCRA G. MANN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Commode, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to construct a commode adapted forattachment directly to a bed of any description and to provide a meanswhereby the sea-t of the commode may be adjusted vertically, as occasionmay demand, and, furthermore, to provide a means whereby the back of thecommode may be placed at an angle to the side board of the bed orparallel with the same, the commode being so connected with the bed asto admit of the patient passing' from the bed to the commode withoutexposure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means that will besimple and durable, whereby the vessel may be expeditiously andconveniently secured to the seat of the commode and looked in positionthereon.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is 'to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isla front elevation of the iniproved commode, a portion beingin section, and the said figure also illustrates the application of thecommode to a bed, the rail of whichis likewise shown in section. Fig. 2is a bottom plan view of the improved cornmode, and Fig. 3 is a partialvertical sectional. view of the seat and an edge view of the backapplied to the seat.

In carrying out the invention the seat A of the commode is provided withthe usual opening 10, which may be given any desired shape, but ispreferably of somewhat circula-r contour. The seat A is supported by twoor more, preferably three, legs B. The aforesaid legs are of telescopiccharacter and preferably consist of an upper tubular section 11 and alower rod-section 12, having vertical movement in the tubular section,the tubular section of each leg being provided with a set-screwl or theequivalent thereof, which after the rod section is adjusted in the bodyor tubular section of the leg will hold the said parts in their adjustedposition by being properly manipulated. It will be understood that anyequivalent of the set-screw 13 may be employed to hold the two sectionsof the legs in predetermined position.

The lower or rod section of each leg is preferably provided with a foot15, of rubber or other material calculated to cling to the floor and yetprevent any undue noise when the commode .is adjusted to the bed or whenit is removed therefrom.

The body-section l1 of each leg is connected with the bottom of the seatA by means of a hinge 14:, so that when the commode is not in use thelegs may be folded up in a compact manner beneath the seat, and thesehinges are attached to the inner faces of the aforesaid legs, as is bestshown in Fig. 1.

Around the opening 10 in the seat A a clamp C is arranged, and thisclamp is preferably made of wire of a spring character, which is bentupon itself to form hooks 1G, and these hooks surround the opening 10 atthe bottom for a predetermined distance, the wire being attached bystaples or other means to the bottom of the seat, and the said clamp isprovided with a spring-latch 16, which serves to connect its endmembers, as is best shown in Fig. 2, the latch 16rh having pivotal orhinged connection with one end of the clamp and locking engagement withthe other end. The lhook members of the clamp are adapted to receive theilange of the vessel D, which is to be placed below the opening 10, asshown particularly in Fig. l. Therefore the clamp may be termed a hangerfor the' aforesaid vessel. After the vessel has been adjusted in theclamp or hanger the latch 16a is closed, being brought to the positionshown in Fig. 2, and effectually prevents the vessel from beingdisplaced. At one end of the seat A locking-arms 1'? are located, thesaid arms being connected with the seat by means of hinges 1S or theirequivalents, so that when these arms are not in use they maybe folded upbeneath the said seat, together with the legs ll.

The seat A is provided in its upper face at one or more of its edgeswith sockets 19, and the said sockets are provided with an under- IOO ,rout section or portion 19, as shown in Fig.

- portions of the foot-pieces entering f justed as required by theheight yof the side k3, being adapted yto receive angular footkarmsflare placed between the'side pieces E of the bed `and thebedding, asshown in Fig. l, bringing the seat A practically on a level with theupper surface of the mattress or bedding, and afterthe legs have beenadpieces of the bed the vessel D is placed in the hanger or clamp andsecured therein,

. f :and the back20 is then brought to a locking engagement with rtheseat at apoint which ywill be most `convenient as a support for thepatient. f

Itis evident that under this construction Y the patient may move or maybe moved from ythe bed to the commodewithoutexposure, and when thecommode is no longerk required the patient may be moved back to the bedunder the same favorable conditions and the vessel detached from thecommode, and after such detachment the back may be separated from theseat and thelegs 'and `locking-arms f of the commode Vmay be folded upbeneath the seat, so that the Whole may occupy buta minimum of space.

- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent*u Inacommode, the combination, with a seat, oftelescopic supports connected With the seat, a clamp or hanger attachedto the seat, and having hook members adapted to receive the iiange of avessel, and a locking device connected with the said clamp or hanger, asand for the purpose specied.

2. In a commode, a seat, telescopic supports having a hinged connectionWith the seat, and a clamp or hanger consisting of a series of connectedsubstantially horizontallylocated hooks placed around the opening in theseat, and arranged to receive the fiange of the vessel and aspring-latch connecting the ends of said clamp or hanger, as and for thepurpose specified.

3. In a commode, the combination, with a seat and its opening, the saidseat being profor the purpose set forth.

vided With sockets having Vundercut sections and also with a support fora vessel beneath the opening therein, of telescopic legs having hingedconnection Withthe seat, a locking device for the said legs, and a backhaving angular f foot-pieces secured theretok and adaptedto be receivedin said` sockets, the

horizontal portions thereof entering said unf dei-cut sections, as andfor thepurpose specified. p

4. Ina commode, the combination, with a seat, and telescopic legsconnected with the seat, of armshinged to the said seat and arranged forengagement With the side boards `of a bed, and meansfor locking themembers of the legs in predetermined `position, sub

stantially as set forth. f

5. In a commode, the combination, Witha seat, of lockingarms havinghinged` engage ment with the seat and adapted for engage-V ment With theside boards of a bed, telescopic legs having a hinged connection withthe said seat, locking` devices for the said legs, and a back adjustably and detachably connected to the said seat, as and for thepurpose speer iied. f

6. In a commode, the combination, With the seat and the opening of thesame, of a hanger or clamp constructed of a spring mafterial such asWire, the said material being formed in a series of substantiallyhorizontally-located hooks,and a latch pivotally conn nected with oneend kof the said .hanger or clamp and adapted forengagement with theother end of thev same, substantially as and '7. In a commode, the`combination with a seat, of a clamp or hanger consisting'of a series ofconnected horizontally-disposed hooks placed around the opening in saidseat and arranged to receive the flange of a vessel, a latch pivotallyconnected with one end of said hanger or clamp and adapted forengagement With the other end thereof, legs comprising a tubular memberhaving a hinged connection with said seat, rod members having slidingaction in said tubular members and alocking device for holding the rodmembers in the tubular members in predetermined positions, as set forth.,Y

CORA G. MANN.

lVitnesses:

MARY C. WATERS, NORMA A. MANN.

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